THE CONCOURSE |
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You enter the station, going south into a rectangular area off the concourse, with:
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blank door window for Burger King notice boards pillar juts out |
| row of pillars separating this area from the main concourse |
This area is divided into 3 lanes by rows of pillars running north/south.
| billboards and post box, out of use |
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wooden planters beside entrance pillars Burger King, two entrances plus seating area blank glass door blank door plant pot map machine in planter first Metro entrance paper rack second Metro entrance planter third Metro entrance |
The concourse narrows, seating and wall jutting south.
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Centurion bar and seating cafe and brasserie, with seating gap beyond seating area go north to wall then turn left for cafe then bar |
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entrance to Cafe Deli and take away blank door |
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windows wall retreats north |
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planter disabled persons access to Cafe Deli take away |
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Station Management Centre planter windows blank archway floor texture changes opening to left, no exit two car park pay points goods lift rear entrance to Royal Station Hotel Leisure Club |
| car park continues east |
Planters and chain fence separate this part of the concourse from the car park. The car park, with two disabled persons bays (one reserved for the Royal Station Hotel), finishes outside the Cafe Deli. There is some seating beside the fence at this point.
A low wall with seating leads south, across the end of track 1.
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gap to platforms 1 and 2 circular seating area Travel Centre |
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seating blank doors, exit from Travel Centre planter sign board planter |
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entrance change of texture and slight slope up to rails in front of windows planters blocked entrance, opposite the entrance to the Metro blocked entrance, may sometimes be in use rail and planters entrance to travel centre, automatic sliding doors, opposite Burger King rail and planters entrance to travel centre planters and rail curving left, becoming west side |
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confectionary kiosk two Nat West cash points Abbey Link cash point Link cash point corner left with rail onto platform 2 |
| way to platform 2, with trolley point in middle |
Beyond the walkway is a variety of buildings and features, as follows:
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Pasty Shop, seating outside counter facing east Costa Coffee facing east two ticket machines slope, up west, to bridge pillar with box free phone to various services, west of this pillar plant pots and paper rack |
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Millie’s Cookies, counter faces north steps up south to bridge, two sets divided by central rail concourse extends south |
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steps up east to bridge, two sets divided by central rail pillar space under steps, not for public access photo booth facing north card printing machine facing west photo booth facing south card printing machine facing east, behind the other one platform 2 |
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platform 9, sharing island with platform 2 tracks 9 and 10, low wall and departure screens island platform 10 and 11 tracks 11 and 12, low wall and departure screens platform 12, running along the north side of the station |
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tiled floor starts planter first door to Tourist Information Office, press to open on right, not used at time of survey planter planter second door to Tourist Information Office blank double door windows to Newcastle Hero pub, slightly curving left entrance to pub planter door to WH Smith, not in use planter WH Smith planter, with paper rack door to WH Smith, not in use town map machine station entrance |
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multi-sided seating area, between the brasserie and the Travel Centre pillar with four phones in middle just west of Metro entrance cross-shaped information board pillar with 3 phones in middle between west end of Travel Centre and Burger King information desk, between the station entrance and the way to platform 2, assistance window on south side running north/south: planter, Virgin customer information sign, planter pillar with three phones Upper Crust, in middle of concourse; seating opposite foot of steps counter facing southeast to foot of steps up south to bridge two circular seating areas (east and west), opposite east ends of platforms 10 and 11 |
© 2005, Terry Robinson